Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 10:08:01 -0500 From: eculp@encontacto.net To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Port for nspluginwrapper Message-ID: <20070402100801.b5ilhx9m0oc88448@intranet.encontacto.net> In-Reply-To: <BAY127-DAV142502EB029AF4B51449F8A3610@phx.gbl> References: <BAY127-DAV16AC440DBB4BDAFA5772A0A3620@phx.gbl> <460E7F26.1060901@freebsd.org> <BAY127-DAV14E4DB1C8EF977629562E9A3620@phx.gbl> <460F28D7.6070607@freebsd.org> <BAY127-DAV142502EB029AF4B51449F8A3610@phx.gbl>
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Quoting Dave Grochowski <malus.x@gmail.com>: > Hey, > > Eric Anderson wrote: >> On 03/31/07 17:44, Dave Grochowski wrote: >>> Hey, >>> >>> Eric Anderson wrote: >>>> On 03/30/07 21:01, Dave Grochowski wrote: >>>>> Hey all, >>>>> >>>>> I wrote a port for nspluginwrapper, which you can find at: >>>>> >>>>> http://elvis.rowan.edu/~grocho98/nspluginwrapper.tar.bz2 >>>>> >>>>> For those who do not know what it is, you can find the homepage at: >>>>> >>>>> http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/projects/nspluginwrapper/ >>>>> >>>>> Basically, it allows you to run Linux/i386 browser plugins on =20 >>>>> the native browsers of other architectures and operating =20 >>>>> systems. To use it, simply install the appropriate plugins you =20 >>>>> would like from ports (I tried it with www/linux-flashplugin9, =20 >>>>> but others should work just as well) and then install =20 >>>>> nspluginwrapper. As a regular user, run "nspluginwrapper -v -a =20 >>>>> -i" to automagically find the plugins on you system and enable =20 >>>>> them for use in Firefox. Now, the plugins should work in your =20 >>>>> browser. I tried it with Flash 9 and both the graphics and sound =20 >>>>> worked. Unfortunately, Flash 9 is a bit buggy for me and crashed =20 >>>>> frequently, but I had the same issue when using the plugin with =20 >>>>> www/linux-firefox as well. >>>>> >>>>> I think the port is pretty complete, but I have only tried it on =20 >>>>> FreeBSD/i386 6-STABLE and FreeBSD/i386 7-CURRENT. It should work =20 >>>>> on amd64, but I don't have a machine to test it on. If the port =20 >>>>> is acceptable, I would not mind maintaining it, except for the =20 >>>>> fact that I obviously do not have a commit bit (though that =20 >>>>> probably is not a huge issue). >>>>> >>>>> Any comments would be greatly appreciated. >>>> Installs ok, but didn't seem to find any plugins, even with the =20 >>>> linux-flash9 installed. If I try to point it at the flash plugin =20 >>>> directly, it says something like: "not a valid nspluginwrapper =20 >>>> plugin" >>>> >>>> >>>> Eric >>>> >>> Try running "nspluginwrapper -v -a -i". I have a typo in the =20 >>> pkg-message. I'll reupload it later tonight. >> >> Oh. Yes, that makes it work better. Thanks! >> >> One thing to mention - it creates core dumps each time I access =20 >> flash media. I've got flash9 installed, and most flash play until =20 >> the end, then core dump (segfault sig 11). A few core dump in the =20 >> middle. I have a core dump, but have not attempted to compile the =20 >> port with debugging installed yet. npviewer.bin seems to be the =20 >> core file creator. >> >> Eric It works great with firefox, linux-flashplugin-7.0r69 and FreeBSD =20 6.2-STABLE #209: Fri Mar 30 05:48:04 CST 2007. I'm going to try =20 current when I get to the office. I haven't tried flash9 because it =20 is a real PITA in linux-firefox and I prefer to have flash7 without =20 crashes. Thanks for the great and IMO needed port, ed >> >> >> > npviewer.bin is actually a Linux/i386 binary, so recompiling won't =20 > make a difference. I just extract it from an RPM. I would first try =20 > using Flash 7 and see how that goes. Flash 7 doesn't seem to crash =20 > my laptop at all, while Flash 9 crashes regularly. Considering Flash =20 > 9 also crashes frequently with linux-firefox, I assume its an issue =20 > with its emulation and not the wrapper. > > Sincerely, > Dave Grochowski > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-emulation > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-emulation-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" >
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